Hair waving device



H949- 1 s. WIRSING HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed April 15, 1946 Patented Aug.9, 1949 UNITED STATESPATENT," QF-FICE Y i a 2,478,349

HAIRWAVI'NG Dev ce I Sebastian Wirsing, Lon Island City, NJY.Application April 13, 1946, Serial No. 661,985

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to a hair waving or hair crimping deviceand more specifically relates to a resilient clip or pin adapted to beinserted in the hair for the purpose of maintaining the strands of hairin proper position for imparting a crimp or wave thereto.

The objects of my invention are to provide a hair waving or crimpingdevice which shall be of simple, inexpensive and lightweightconstruction, quickly and easily applied and disengaged from the hair ofthe user, which will readily stay in the desired position in the hair,and which is particularly eflicacious in applying the desired wave orcrimp to the hair.

These, together with numerous other objects of my invention which willlater become apparent, as the description proceeds, are attained by thedevice, one embodiment of whichf-has been disclosed by way of exampleonly in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating'the manner of operating thedevice;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the hair waver;

Figure 3 is a side view of the device;

Figures 4 and 5 are front and rear end views respectively of the device;and

Figure 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the inventionshowing the manner of positioning the hair in the device for the purposeof imparting a wave or crimp thereto.

Referring now more specifically to the accompanying drawings, Illdenotes generally the improved wave set or crimping device as applied inoperative position to a lock of hair, two such elements being shown injoint use. A base member of generally U-shape construction has a centralportion l2 with depending side portions M integral therewith.Intermediate the central portion l2 extends a resilient. arcuate, bowedfinger I6 which is transversely grooved or corrugated as at l8throughout its length for the purpose of centering, spacing andretaining the lock of hair disposed thereon. Integrallyformed with theside members II and disposed substantially parallel to each other and tothe finger member iii are a pair of leg members 20 which are slightlyarcuate upon their under surfaces in order to conform to the contour ofthe human head. As indicated at 22, the under surfaces of the legs 20are provided with scallops, grooves or other means for frictionallyretaining the legs and the device in the desired position upon the head.At their extremities, the legs 20 terminate in upwardly extending prongs24 while the corresponding extremity of the finger Ii terminates in adownwardly curved projection 26 which is disposed between the prongs 24.

Although I preferably form the device of a resilient metallic material,it will be readily understood that the principles of this invention mayalso be applied to suitable plastics or the like.

From the foregoing description together with the accompanying drawings,the operation of the device is believed to be now apparent. The waver isinserted into a lock of hair in such a manner that a loop of the hair isfolded over the finger l6 and extends downwardly between the parallelleg members 20 whereby the resilient pressure of the member IE will drawthe hair tightly over the upper surface of the finger l6 and under theunder surfaces of the legs 20, the serrations, grooves or notches i8 and22 assisting in gripping the hair, in spacing the tresses lengthwise ofthe device, and in suitably tensioning the strands to impart the desiredcrimping or waving eflect thereto. The prongs 24 are normally biasedtogether to assist in retaining the waver in the hair.

It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the exactconstruction shown and described in the foregoing application, but thatI may avail myself with any suitable modifications falling within thescope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hair waver consisting of a U-shaped base having a resilient bowedfinger extending perpendicularly from the mid portion of said base. apair of legs extending perpendicularly from the sides of said base insubstantial parallelism with said finger, said legs being arcuate toconform to the contour of the human head and terminating in upwardlyextending, arcuate terminal portions, said finger extending over butbetween the confines of said legs and terminating in a downwardlyarcuate portion disposed between said arcuate terminal portions.

2*. A hair waver consisting of a U-shaped base having a resilientintegral bowed finger extending perpendicularly from the mid portion ofsaid base, a pair of legs extending perpendicularly from the sides ofsaid base in substantial parallelism with said finger, said legs beingarcuate to conform to the contour of the human head and terminating inupwardly extending, arcuate converging terminal portions, said fingerextending over but between the confines of said legs and terminating ina downwardly arcuate portion disposed between said arcuate terminalportions, said legs comprising plate members with their flat sidesadjacent and having a serrated, lower, anti-slipping surface.

3. A hair waver comprising a base, an integral, arcuate transverselycrimped, flexible finger extending laterally from said base, andintegral flexible legs extending from the extremities of said base insubstantial parallelism to said finger, said legs having convergingtapering terminals embracing and tenz rie idlflns r the PWQI edges ofs'iai dlegs'bein'g s'erratjd and co a 4. The combination of claiihFri/herein s'aid base, fingers and legs are of unitary sheet metal vconstruction.

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